"Last month the Environmental Protection Agency released its Draft Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems in Bristol Bay. It scheduled eight public hearings and a 60-day comment period so that the public could participate in the preparation of...

"By now, just about everything that can be said about UND's Fighting Sioux nickname has been said. And we get the sense North Dakotans are pretty tired of the debate. Count that as one more reason to vote "yes" on...

"These are tough times for the American Indian Community House and its interim director, Christine Funmaker-Romano. The group was forced to vacate its longtime offices at 11 Broadway because the landlord wanted to raise the rent to $40,000 a month....

"Since December, I have attended several meetings and conventions where I met with many members of our Montana State Legislature and candidates running for Governor. During the various meetings I attended, I heard time and again the need for infrastructure...

An 18-year old from the Pelican Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan has been charged with second-degree murder. Jay Lyndon Thomas, 18, is accused of beating his cousin, Robi David Thomas, 23. The incident occurred at a high school graduation party...

Two vandals have caused extensive damage at a school and band offices on the Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta. Police arrested two young people, who are alleged to have used baseball bats to destroy the school. They also allegedly...

Leaders of the Navajo Nation welcomed a decision to maintain the boundaries of a public school district that crosses the reservation. The Central Consolidated School District includes communities on and off the reservation. Some parents off the reservation sought to...

"I urge all to attend the public hearing, “An Environmental Impact Evaluation/Environmental Assessment.” It will be held Tuesday, June 14 at 6 p.m. at Montville Town Hall. This meeting is more about the future of Montville and its ability to...

"When James Anaya, United Nations special rapporteur for the rights of indigenous people, visited Oklahoma last month to take testimony from American Indian tribal officials, we questioned the point of the whole exercise. Anaya was supposedly interested in how the...

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is moving forward with a land-into-trust application for the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians in California. The BIA issued a finding of no significant impact for the tribe's housing project, The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat reported....

More than 100 tribes and First Nations are getting ready for the annual Canoe Journey. This year's journey starts June 23. It will end with a celebration hosted by the Squaxin Island Tribe of Washington from July 29 through August...

"Legislation silencing the lawmakers on decisions ruinous to California? That is exactly what Senators Anderson and Wyland and Assemblymember Garrick will accomplish if SB 162 passes. They will also silence the governor, the Department of Justice, the attorney general and...

Land disputes have become more deadly for indigenous people in Brazil, who account for less than 1 percent of the 191 million in the country. Last year, at least 51 tribal members were killed, with as many as 24 cases...

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday struck down a Nuclear Regulatory Commission rule in a lawsuit filed by the Prairie Island Indian Community of Minnesota and other parties. The tribe's reservation sits next to a nuclear power plant....

"As the Acting Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, I have seen up close the wonderful progress that has been made regarding the First Lady’s Let’s Move! initiative and its specific engagement with Indian Country via Let’s Move! in Indian Country (LMIC). Recently,...

"As an enrolled member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, 1981 alumna of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, veteran scholastic administrator, and lifelong Democrat, I am profoundly disturbed by the emergence of recent details concerning Harvard and one of...

"What and who are the “Ins and Outs” of Indian Country? Okay, so Elizabeth Warren is out as an Indian academic, but the 1/256 by blood folks I have worked with in academia are in. Johnny Depp is in and...

"I read with great interest the opinion piece written by Lise Balk King entitled, “Vern Traversie and the Worst Place to Be an Indian.” I was born and raised in Rapid City, South Dakota, attending the public schools and experiencing...

The Red Road has led me down many paths, through the mountains and valleys and what Christians would call the “Valley of Death.” It has been a gift to share this walk with some Heyoka holy men during my lifetime,...